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Courtiers Poems - Poems about Courtiers

Premium Member Songs Paused in the Tree
...Since the elderly king greatly loved music, his court esteemed it, too; As sun and moon smile on myriad colors, during the butterfly revue. The king was well loved and jolly, with the que......

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Categories: courtiers, beauty, fantasy, happiness, music,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Ballad of Prince Alexander and Ramira
...Sings the story at twilight When the moon is just rising, Sings a simple troubadour The short tale of life. How a fine boy, Born in a palace, A palace like crystal, Became a proud man......

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Categories: courtiers, beauty, cute love, emotions,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The King and the Sage
...I thought it was enough I loved them all. Yet love may rise, whilst lives about one fall. In myriad hopes conceiving were I tasked, Yet all the while, on balconies I basked. For glory’s garlands ......

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Categories: courtiers, allegory, courage, cry, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Nightingale
...The mechanical bird covered with diamonds, sings only waltzes until the insides give way, and the sound of his craft is crowing. Whether or not (my Ladies and Gentlemen, and the Emperor above ......

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Categories: courtiers, mother,
Form: I do not know?
Assassination After Installation
...An old dying king to name successor: Likely, his first son, a feared oppressor; Even, the speed of his new kompressor, Quick prayers to God, The Intercessor, His name for three full hours Mind Ch......

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Categories: courtiers, hate, political, power, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme



The Haunting
... "The Haunting" What happened was a crime in more ways than one who can understand the mind of a recidivist twisted, calculating in this story, there is more tha......

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Categories: courtiers, dark, journey, light, strength,
Form: Narrative
Ennui
...The King of Mythical Endurance Ate curry with his gilded spoon Whilst watching his court dancers Perform the ceremonies of the moon Four and twenty picked maidens Each chosen to his taste Each ......

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Categories: courtiers, fantasy, irony,
Form: Rhyme
King of the Goblins
...He's the King of the goblins and should you displease He'll pickle your eyebrows and eat them with cheese Or cut you to pieces then boil your head And mop up the gravy with slices of bread But sh......

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Categories: courtiers, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Daughter of Gibraltar
...For a few coins Melord, I'll tell a story of two that met in this place, and here you can take your rest, and leave sumpter to graze in the tall grass. I payed the old man his alms though pl......

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Categories: courtiers, angst, giving, love, poverty,
Form: Epic
Envy Sits Alone
...Death in comparison, a covetous dispatch Jealousy reflected, its courtiers attack An emperor left naked, his crown a vacant throne Jesters flee the castle —as envy sits alone ......

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Categories: courtiers, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
Darkening Sun
...Deifying themselves, the scientists disprove with their tools the existence of God To sit on a throne artificially made the Creator to them falsely shod They loudly decry a......

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Categories: courtiers, god, science,
Form: Rhyme
The Nostalgic Vibe
...scents of the old pine and hazelwood sail through the damp air, the old teak never ceases to astound a visitor. Gargantuan its tall spread wings engulfing the whole structure. the minute carvings ......

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Categories: courtiers, history, imagery, repetition,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member If Ever I Had a Country : Liv and Lv
...IF ever I had a country : LIV - LV LIV IF ever I had even at an Event Horizon a country And if ever I were by self-arrogated Divine Right His or Her Imperial Majesty I'd clamp in pig-ir......

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Categories: courtiers, africa, humanity, people, power,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Summons of Life
...Oh darling! the summons of the king have called me to his court. The king be pleased if I be scorched. The torch has mouths to feed. Esteemed courtiers and the great lords are in wait for me. ......

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Categories: courtiers, analogy, dark, life,
Form: Free verse
Who's the Fool
...The jester has a foolish air; he leaps about and juggles fruit. While wearing motley, hung with bells, he'll tumble, caper, dance, and sing. The courtiers are unaware; behind his act, he's qui......

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Categories: courtiers, fun,
Form: Rhyme

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